High-dispersive mirror for pulse stretcher in femtosecond fiber laser amplification system

We present a high-dispersive multilayer mirror for pulse stretching in a femtosecond fiber laser amplification system. The designed mirror contains 54 layers with a total physical thickness of 7.3 μm, which can provide a positive group delay dispersion (GDD) of 600 fs² and a high reflectance over 99.9% from 1010 to 1070 nm. The samples were prepared by dual ion beam sputtering. The measured transmittance matches well with the theoretical result. The GDD characteristics of samples were tested by home-made white light interferometer. The measured GDD is higher than the design results, an average GDD of +722 fs² from 1010 nm to 1070 nm. The mirrors were employed in a Yb-doped large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber amplification system. An input pulse compressed by the gratings with autocorrelation function of 83 fs is obtained with a stretched FWHM of 1.29 ps after 28 bounces between the dispersive mirrors. The results show that the multilayer dispersive mirror could be an effective and promising technique for pulse stretching in femtosecond amplification systems.     

啁啾脉冲放大激光系统中展宽器色散的解析算法

时域色散精密控制是超短激光产生及其应用中的关键技术之一,它通过控制各波长的光程产生相对延迟从而改变脉冲宽度.展宽器是啁啾脉冲放大激光系统中对激光脉冲展宽的装置,基于光线追迹法研究光线在展宽器中的传输路径,可计算飞秒脉冲中各波长的光程,进而计算脉冲展宽量并应用于系统设计.由于展宽器的光程表达式复杂,直接对其求导获得色散表达式较困难,目前只能采用数值导数获得近似解,这在计算过程中会引入误差,不利于激光系统精确设计和优化.本文介绍了一种易实现的求解展宽器色散的解析算法,通过归纳展宽器光程表达式特点,引入四个基元函数,将光程表达式分解和反复代换,可得到高阶色散的精确解析值.本文首先对Martinez型展宽器重新光线追迹,获得与Offner型展宽器一致的相位表达式,其次通过解析算法获得了两种展宽器的精确高阶色散值,最后将解析算法与数值算法的结果进行了比较.该解析算法对于啁啾脉冲放大系统的参数设计具有实用价值.     

反射式棱栅对展宽器用于啁啾脉冲放大激光的研究

在啁啾脉冲放大(CPA)系统中, 脉冲的展宽是实现安全有效放大的重要保证. 本文介绍了一种新型的由色散棱镜与光栅组合而成的反射式棱栅对展宽器. 并利用光线追迹法对色散进行了数值模拟, 测量实验结果验证了理论计算的正确性. 在此基础上, 分析了以棱栅对为展宽器和ZF7玻璃材料为压缩器的下啁啾(down-chirped)脉冲放大系统中的色散比较传统的上啁啾脉冲放大系统, 结果表明棱栅对可以同时提供负的二阶色散和三阶色散, 这样能更好地补偿放大器中材料的高阶色散, 从而获得近傅里叶变换极限的压缩脉冲. 此外以块材料作为压缩器不仅提高了传输效率, 而且简化了实验装置, 增强了系统的稳定性. 这样的展宽压缩组合在高重复频率的飞秒啁啾脉冲放大系统中具有明显优势. 关键词： 反射式棱栅对 啁啾脉冲放大 色散 飞秒脉冲     

A novel confocal optical pulse stretcher for laser pulses

We present an analytical and experimental study of a novel confocal optical pulse stretcher (COPS). The simple and passive pulse stretcher consists of two concave mirrors and a scraper beam-splitter and its optical configuration ensures a perfect spatial overlapping of laser pulses at the beam-splitter. The pulse stretcher is compact and suitable for laser pulses of large divergences. The confocal optical pulse stretcher is demonstrated on a pulsed copper vapour laser to convert a 40 ns (1/e² % points) pulse into a 55 ns with reduction of peak power by a factor of 1.375 without loss of pulse energy.     

Electromagnetic pulse amplification in a Cherenkov laser

An investigation is made of the amplification of a Gaussian electromagnetic pulse in a Cherenkov waveguide laser for the cases of long and short waveguides. It is shown that in the first case, the concept of a characteristic pulse duration τ ₀ can be introduced. It is established that when the pulse duration is short (τ<τ ₀) the gain is determined only by its spectral width, and the amplification process leads to a change in the pulse envelope. It is shown that in a short waveguide pulse amplification can be achieved without any change in shape. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 79–83 (April 1999)     

高功率全光纤啁啾脉冲放大激光系统

采用基于非线性偏振旋转原理的光纤被动锁模激光器作为主振荡器。输出信号脉冲的重复频率为30 MHz,脉冲半高全宽为265 fs。信号脉冲通过全光纤啁啾脉冲激光放大系统展宽至100 ps后,经过1级芯径10 m的光纤预放大器和1级芯径50 m的光纤功率放大器将脉冲平均功率放大至10 W,斜率效率41.5%。输出脉冲经光栅压缩器将脉宽压缩至594 fs。     

高功率全光纤啁啾脉冲放大激光系统

采用基于非线性偏振旋转原理的光纤被动锁模激光器作为主振荡器。输出信号脉冲的重复频率为30MHz,脉冲半高全宽为265fs。信号脉冲通过全光纤啁啾脉冲激光放大系统展宽至100ps后,经过1级芯径10μm的光纤预放大器和1级芯径50μm的光纤功率放大器将脉冲平均功率放大至10W,斜率效率41.5%。输出脉冲经光栅压缩器将脉宽压缩至594fs。     

Compact, high-throughput expansion-compression scheme for chirped pulse amplification in the 10 fs range

A novel pulse stretching-compression system suitable for kHz-rate chirped-pulse amplification of ≈10 fs pulses in Ti:sapphire systems is demonstrated. The material dispersion of the system components used for pulse selection and isolation broadens the wide-band seed pulses by a factor of ≈300, allowing amplification up to the submillijoule energy range. The compressor consists of a pair of prisms and newly-developed chirped multilayer dielectric mirrors for compensating high order dispersion. Using this simple scheme a recompression of unamplified pulses down to 15 fs with a throughput as high as 80% is demonstrated.     

超短激光脉冲调制上转换放大

在超短激光脉冲倍频过程中，由于调制不稳定性而产生多色圆锥辐射. 在多色圆锥辐射的任 意方向上同步注入一束宽带种子光，可以得到相应频率的调制上转换放大. 放大的光脉冲的 中心波长在500 nm时单脉冲能量最大可至150 μJ并且具有60 nm的频谱宽度. 通过改变种子 光的入射角度而实现上转换放大中心波长的连续调谐，范围约为290 nm. 关键词： 调制上转换放大 调制不稳定性 多色圆锥辐射     

A theoretical study about the chirped pulse amplification laser

Starting from the Maxwell‘s equation,and using the resonant-dipole equation together with the multilevel rate equations which take the effects of energy relaxation into consideration,we have derived a more realistic numerical model of the chirped pulse amplification for an ultra-broad band width laser amplifier.Numerical simulations of this model show that both the intensity profile and the energy fluence of the amplified chirped pulse are closely connected with the two relaxation effects:the relaxation of the thermalization among the components of the laser multiplets and the depletion of the lower laser level.The results are valuable for the design of ultra-broad bandwidth chirped pulse amplification lasers.     

使用马丁内兹展宽器的啁啾脉冲放大器特性研究

导出了使用马丁内兹展宽器的啁啾脉冲放大（CPA）系统的相位解析表达式，用此公式讨论了展宽器中各参数对系统的影响，并用此方法优化了实际的CPA系统- 关键词： 马丁内兹展宽器 啁啾脉冲放大系统 相位修正因子 优化     

多脉冲序列飞秒钛宝石激光的啁啾脉冲放大

在数太瓦钛宝石啁啾脉冲放大系统中（极光Ⅱ升级装置）,对多脉冲序列的放大过程进行了详细的实验研究,获得了多脉冲序列的放大输出.每一个放大脉冲串中包含有19个独立的飞秒单脉冲,其相邻间隔为14.8 ns,对应的重复频率为67.5 MHz.脉冲串的总能量约为122 mJ,各单脉冲能量从20 mJ指数衰减至0.5 mJ,脉宽约为60fs,对应的峰值功率约为10¹¹—10¹⁰W.这种脉冲序列在产生长寿命激光等离子体、激光微加工等方面有重要应用前景.     

Femtosecond mode-locked Yb fiber laser for single-mode fiber chirped pulse amplification system

High-peak-power laser systems are based on the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) technique. CPA laser system needs a mode-locked laser oscillator for stable ultrashort pulse laser generation. We report a single-mode fiber CPA system which consists of stable mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser oscillator with a wide tuning range, chirped fiber Bragg grating stretcher, and two Yb-doped fiber amplifiers. The single-mode fibers can generate high-quality and single-mode beams which are stable for long time.     

紫外超短脉冲激光放大过程中脉宽压缩的方案设计

采用放电泵浦KrF准分子激光放大器放大波长为248.4nm的紫外超短脉冲激光。对于能量为0.7mJ、脉宽为550fs的输入脉冲,在光束直径保持10mm不变的条件下,能量放大到15mJ,脉宽展宽到1200fs。为了压缩输出脉冲宽度,分析了群速度色散和自相位调制效应对脉宽展宽的影响。利用棱镜对,采用4种不同的实验方案对脉冲引入负的线性频率啁啾,以补偿KrF准分子激光放大器CaF2窗镜中的群速度色散和自相位调制对脉冲引入的正的线性频率啁啾。结果表明:在放大器之前放置棱镜对的方式可以在保持输出脉冲能量为15mJ的同时,在棱镜对间距为110cm的条件下,将输出脉冲宽度压缩到370fs,输出波长为248.4nm、带宽为0.4nm。     

紫外超短脉冲激光放大过程中脉宽压缩的方案设计

采用放电泵浦KrF准分子激光放大器放大波长为248.4 nm的紫外超短脉冲激光。对于能量为0.7 mJ、脉宽为550 fs的输入脉冲,在光束直径保持10 mm不变的条件下,能量放大到15 mJ,脉宽展宽到1 200 fs。为了压缩输出脉冲宽度,分析了群速度色散和自相位调制效应对脉宽展宽的影响。利用棱镜对,采用4种不同的实验方案对脉冲引入负的线性频率啁啾,以补偿KrF准分子激光放大器CaF2窗镜中的群速度色散和自相位调制对脉冲引入的正的线性频率啁啾。结果表明：在放大器之前放置棱镜对的方式可以在保持输出脉冲能量为15 mJ的同时,在棱镜对间距为110 cm的条件下,将输出脉冲宽度压缩到370 fs,输出波长为248.4 nm、带宽为0.4 nm。     

Multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification

A compact multiterawatt laser system based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification is demonstrated. Chirped pulses are amplified from 20 pJ to 900 mJ by two lithium triborate optical parametric preamplifiers and a final KDP optical parametric power amplifier with a pump energy of 5 J at 532 nm from Nd:YAG-Nd:glass hybrid amplifiers. After compression, we obtained a final output of 570-mJ-155-fs pulses with a peak power of 3.67 TW, which is the highest output power from an optical parametric chirped pulse amplification laser, to the best of our knowledge.     

Weak laser pulse signal amplification based on a fiber Brillouin amplifier

We propose a high-gain and frequency-selective amplifier for a weak optical signal based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in a single mode fiber. To be able to satisfy the needs of high gain and high signal-to-noise ratio laser pulse amplification, different fiber lengths and core diameters are used to fulfill this experiment. In the experiment, a 430 nW(peak power) pulsed signal is amplified by 70 dB with a signal-to-noise ratio of 14 dB. The small size, high gain, low cost, and low noise of the fiber Brillouin amplifier make it a promising weak signal amplification method for practical applications such as lidar.     

Femtosecond pulse parametric amplification at narrowband high power gas laser pumping

In ultrashort pulse amplification a narrowband gas pump pulse laser has been used for the first time. An all-stage optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) was driven by a single-shot iodine photodissociation laser. For the first time a broadband amplification was achieved in potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal at 800 nm seeding. Ti:sapphire laser pulses stretched from 12.5 fs to 250 ps were amplified and compressed to 27 fs at a 0.5 TW output power. The results suggest using narrowband high power gas lasers as OPCPA drivers to generate petawatt beams.     

超连续谱注入飞秒光参量放大实验研究

 提出了一种很有特色的基于超连续谱注入的飞秒光参量放大技术,该种技术方法不仅克服了常规1 053 nm脉冲在前端小能量放大时的增益窄化现象,而且可实现800 nm激光和1 053 nm激光的零时间同步。通过系统的实验研究,获得了大于4 mJ的1 053 nm宽带信号光能量     

超连续谱注入飞秒光参量放大实验研究

提出了一种很有特色的基于超连续谱注入的飞秒光参量放大技术,该种技术方法不仅克服了常规1 053 nm脉冲在前端小能量放大时的增益窄化现象,而且可实现800 nm激光和1 053 nm激光的零时间同步。通过系统的实验研究,获得了大于4 mJ的1 053 nm宽带信号光能量